Sunday, March 1, 2009

Technology can help you take care of your elderly Parents easily!!

With the advent of technology - it has begun to affect our lives in many facets. Now getting a Medical Alert has also become very easy and efficient with the latest technology. We now have fall detectors that can electronically detect when a elderly person at your residence falls down and is in need of a emergency personnel to attend. These detectors send out an electronic message to the emergency personnel who can easily rush to the residence of the injured.

The above solution seems fine inside a residence, but what if the elderly are outside? Fret not - there's help at hand as always from he technological perspective. Here's another Medical Alert device in the form of a GPS tracked bracelet. It has a very easy to use 2-way speakerphone which is very much similar to a regular cell phone and can be used to call for help. Also it has an advantage that the wearer can be found in cases of wandering due to Alzheimer's disease, short-time memory loss, etc.

So we find that Technology has as always helped us make the world better and that of our loved ones too.